Anatomy of a Conflict

Despite all the good advice about resolv­ing con­flict, per­haps best exem­pli­fied by Stephen Cov­ey’s famous line, “Seek first to under­stand, then to be under­stood,” peo­ple most­ly don’t. When the emo­tion of con­flict takes over and the high­er func­tion­ing parts of the brain have been hijacked, what we want is to be under­stood, to be seen… Con­tin­ue read­ing Anato­my of a Conflict

The Arc: Living the Full Story of Your Personal Power

Let’s imag­ine a “sto­ry­board;” you know, a series of images that are like a com­ic strip or a plan for a movie. Except this sto­ry­board rep­re­sents a series of impor­tant moments in your life, learn­ing, and lead­er­ship work. What pic­tures would be there as the major turn­ing points of your own sto­ry? And where, if… Con­tin­ue read­ing The Arc: Liv­ing the Full Sto­ry of Your Per­son­al Power

Solstice

I was moved, recent­ly, by an elec­tron­ic card I received cel­e­brat­ing the sol­stice: well-wish­es and an image of apples still hang­ing from a leaf­less tree; snow falling at dusk; a somber but not heavy light.  Source Unknown It’s good to know that behind the human hub­bub of this sea­son, old cycles con­tin­ue. In a world of… Con­tin­ue read­ing Sol­stice